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i yield the floor. >> earlier today at the white house president obama met with house republicans on how to move forward with negotiations over the government shutdown and raising the debt ceiling. according to the ap and speaker boehner's press secretary president obama rejected a short-term debt ceiling deal offered by house speaker john boehner and gop leaders but communication will remain open the rest of the evening and into friday. president obama meets with senate republicans tomorrow at the white house. as the government shutdown continues earlier today house and senate democrats took part in a rally on capitol hill calling on speaker boehner to pass the government funding bill. this is close to an hour. [chanting] [chanting] >> hey everybody. how's it going out there? [applause] are you feeling strong? are you ready to work? we are ready to work right now. i want to let you all know we wish it was a little nicer outside that our commitment to keep get this government back open for the people who work and sacrifice for the american people are public employees, our commitment
i yield the floor. >> earlier today at the white house president obama met with house republicans on how to move forward with negotiations over the government shutdown and raising the debt ceiling. according to the ap and speaker boehner's press secretary president obama rejected a short-term debt ceiling deal offered by house speaker john boehner and gop leaders but communication will remain open the rest of the evening and into friday. president obama meets with senate republicans...
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i'm honored to be here with austan goolsbee who was in the obama white house. ed lazear was in the bush white house -- why does. larry summers was in the clinton and obama white house immediately what the press says, either single -- use responsible -- and phillip swagel who was at the treasury during the bush crisis. the bush administration during the crisis. [laughter] >> that's one joke at my expense. we're going to focus a little bit on the economic implications of the christ because there are other things later. as i've told the panel of your i want to think about both what we know now about 2008-2009 that wasn't so clear at the time, but also about 2013 and why we are where we are. 80, let me start with you because you are -- is chronologically, i think that there are a lot of americans who say basically what happened here was wall street got bailed out and main street dayton. after all, the stock market is back. banks are making money. resolve a lot of unemployment. if somebody walked in off the street today and said to you, you guys, you all did what yo
i'm honored to be here with austan goolsbee who was in the obama white house. ed lazear was in the bush white house -- why does. larry summers was in the clinton and obama white house immediately what the press says, either single -- use responsible -- and phillip swagel who was at the treasury during the bush crisis. the bush administration during the crisis. [laughter] >> that's one joke at my expense. we're going to focus a little bit on the economic implications of the christ because...
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the house democrats have been meeting with president obama. some house republicans are set to meet the president tomorrow. looks like they are setting up for it. go to our independent line. next, gary on our independent line. >> i want to address the government shutdown as a whole. the keyword is compromise. and when you compromise, you have to give a little in order to give a little. and if they would just raise the and aeiling for one month spending cut and every month that the debt ceiling is reached have a federal spending cut, then everything would work out. but being stubborn on both sides ain't going to do nothing to cause us to go into default. miami, florida and democrats' line. >> why. i'm trying to figure out what's going on. it was the republicans that brought that up. the president is the law, we have obamacare. the republicans put that into what's going on as far as the shutdown. the key is, if you see two people arguing, you don't know who's the fool. so what i'm saying is, that's a ploy where they want to get something started
the house democrats have been meeting with president obama. some house republicans are set to meet the president tomorrow. looks like they are setting up for it. go to our independent line. next, gary on our independent line. >> i want to address the government shutdown as a whole. the keyword is compromise. and when you compromise, you have to give a little in order to give a little. and if they would just raise the and aeiling for one month spending cut and every month that the debt...
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white house or democrats. we had been in a very tough situation, yet i had een privileged to be part of inking out a compromise deal the lame duck that probably didn't make anybody, or make anybody n't entirely happy, didn't make us happy becauserats we extended some of the tax relief at the top that we didn't fiscally the most responsible thing to do but we did it in a context where we long-term unalignment. middle class tax relief and a new payroll tax cut. surprised markets and a wth was actually lifted up half percent almost everywhere. beginning of 2011 i think we at 3% growth. i understand things happen right that, i barely remembered here the bathroom was when you had both the developments in the prices, ast raising gas ou had the unprecedent ed natural disaster in japan that had a much, much deeper and more harmful on the global economy than anyone expected. are the things you can't prevent. factors.e the external even the european financial difficulties that you have to deal with. don't expect is that
white house or democrats. we had been in a very tough situation, yet i had een privileged to be part of inking out a compromise deal the lame duck that probably didn't make anybody, or make anybody n't entirely happy, didn't make us happy becauserats we extended some of the tax relief at the top that we didn't fiscally the most responsible thing to do but we did it in a context where we long-term unalignment. middle class tax relief and a new payroll tax cut. surprised markets and a wth was...
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. >> president obama speaking at the white house for almost an hour on one of the underlying messages, among many, concerning the healthcare law was that people who like their health insurance plan can keep it at least through 2014, a policy change to the affordable care act announced by the president today in an extended news conference. it was expected just to be brief comments, and went almost an hour. we're going to take some time and open up our phone lines and more to hear from you and your reaction on what you're hearing from the president and the proposed change in the policy. the numbers are: >>> was an hour-long or so news conference, some of which we carried here on c-span 2 and some on c-span 3 and we'll show it to you later on the c-span network. but some of the questions by reporters, here is a weis tweet saying, facing pressure, obama allows americans to keep their health care plans, and from cbs, question asked by major garrett, the president saying, quote issue was not informed directly the web site would not be working the way it was supposed to. the president in res
. >> president obama speaking at the white house for almost an hour on one of the underlying messages, among many, concerning the healthcare law was that people who like their health insurance plan can keep it at least through 2014, a policy change to the affordable care act announced by the president today in an extended news conference. it was expected just to be brief comments, and went almost an hour. we're going to take some time and open up our phone lines and more to hear from you...
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the white house more than any other. >> here's the abc news polling obama's n trustworthiness. that red line shows that obama honest and trustworthy, down to 46%. saying obama is not honest and trustworthy, up 52%. bill is waiting in massachusetts this morning on the line for republicans. we're on with scott wilson of "the washington post." >> yes, sir good morning. i'm a c-span junky. i have two issues. talk about legacy. leaves an be before he office or after. but benghazi is going to rule and hillary. trying to protect votes through consistent lies as g various people spokespeople and also perception that they didn't need that they in benghazi ssful they didn't have to decrease any security. second issue, another 15 seconds and i'm gone. is affordable care act nothing more than a trojan horse for getting reparations to sins of the he past. it's to ease the conscious of gilders all through wealth redistribution. i want to thank you and have a day. >> from north fallmouth, massachusetts. f you want to pick up on some of the issues that he brought up. issue hazi will be a big f
the white house more than any other. >> here's the abc news polling obama's n trustworthiness. that red line shows that obama honest and trustworthy, down to 46%. saying obama is not honest and trustworthy, up 52%. bill is waiting in massachusetts this morning on the line for republicans. we're on with scott wilson of "the washington post." >> yes, sir good morning. i'm a c-span junky. i have two issues. talk about legacy. leaves an be before he office or after. but...
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who was in the clinton and obama white house and if you believe what the press says, he either single -- he was single-handedly responsible for the economic crisis or if they had only listened we would not have had one. >> we are going to focus on the economic imprecations of the crisis because there are other things later. as i told the panelists i want to think about what we know now about 2008 and 2009 that was not so clear the time but also about 2013 and why we are where we are. let me start with you. you were chronologically. there are a lot of americans who say basically what happened here was wall street got bailed out and main street did not. after all the stock market is back in the banks are making money, we still have a lot of unemployment. so if somebody walked in off the street today and said to you, you guys did what you thought was right but basically wall street got bailed out and main street did not, what would you say to them? >> it was not the goal and i do not you was the outcome. the goal that president bush had in mind was making sure the economy kept functionin
who was in the clinton and obama white house and if you believe what the press says, he either single -- he was single-handedly responsible for the economic crisis or if they had only listened we would not have had one. >> we are going to focus on the economic imprecations of the crisis because there are other things later. as i told the panelists i want to think about what we know now about 2008 and 2009 that was not so clear the time but also about 2013 and why we are where we are. let...
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over the next hour here on review, we ar in bring you more comments from president obama, the house and immigratione on the issue and get under way with the conversation of alan gomez. issue for ing on the "usa today." this year e earlier about the senate gang of eight. fair to say the senate took the leave this year. absolutely. right after the presidential election that the senate came tackle and decided to this issue. saw a lot of you republican senators get together coalitionf formed the people dropped out, people came in. the gang ed up being of eight. >> seems to have a lot of energy later on. kind of ran through it. went throughe that congress, they were somehow able to get the regular committee earings, have a regular vote, and pass the immigration bill on the senate floor. that's something we haven't seen of.much but after they pass that, that's where things stalled. lot ey seemed to have a going in their favor. you mentioned the president and his desire to see a great deal immigration change. you wrote one of the "usa today" rticles that the congressional budget office said th
over the next hour here on review, we ar in bring you more comments from president obama, the house and immigratione on the issue and get under way with the conversation of alan gomez. issue for ing on the "usa today." this year e earlier about the senate gang of eight. fair to say the senate took the leave this year. absolutely. right after the presidential election that the senate came tackle and decided to this issue. saw a lot of you republican senators get together coalitionf...
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moved to the white house. democratsissue where and republicans had parted company's active the elite level and bed the left -- and then the level of average voters. the data international opinion surveys from pew. stood inwhere things 1987 in terms of a split between parties and where they stood in 2012. you can see environment as one of the issues where polarization had the, much more extreme -- become much more extreme , by the timeine this campaign was launched in the first two years of obama's presidency, it was virtually impossible for elected office holders in the republican party to consider joining the bipartisan coalition that would've been necessary to pass the legislation. question, whyg did the people who were supporting it think it would work? i'm going to leave that question talk about.or us to i do believe many of the business people and environment was who supported cap and trade were so focused on working out the details of a bargain inside of washington, d.c. trying to figure out how many all
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housing market and mortgage industry. leader u.n. deputy secretary will speak to us. tomorrow a senior member of the syrian opposition will be at the johns hopkins school of international studies to talk about the state of conflict in syria and a planned peace conference. watch it live at 11:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> during the depression she was thought to be out of touch with the people. after her death, it was discovered that she provided financial help to hundreds of americans in need and never cashed the checks of those who paid her back. watch the program on first lady lou hoover on c-span. live on monday night, arsenic content series continues. >> this is eleanor roosevelt typewriter and this is where she wrote her columns. what i have here is the original
housing market and mortgage industry. leader u.n. deputy secretary will speak to us. tomorrow a senior member of the syrian opposition will be at the johns hopkins school of international studies to talk about the state of conflict in syria and a planned peace conference. watch it live at 11:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> during the depression she was thought to be out of touch with the people. after her death, it was discovered that she provided financial help to hundreds of americans in...
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we august had a very bad election in november if you were for obama white house, or democrats. but after that we had been in a very tough situation, and yet i have been privileged to be part of working out a compromise deal in the lame duck that probably didn't make anybody, or definitely did not make anybody entirely happy. didn't make us and many democrats have the because we extended some of the tax lead at the top that we did not think were probably the most fiscally responsible thing to do, but we did it in a context where we extended long-term unemployment, the aztecs with and a new payroll tax cut. and we surprise markets and growth was actually lifted up a half% almost never. the beginning of 20 i think we're looking at 3% growth. i understand things happen. right after that. right after that. i barely remembered where the bathroom was when you had both the developments in the middle east raising gas prices, you had the unprecedented natural disaster in japan that had a much, much deeper and more harmful effect on the global economy and the supply global supply chain th
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obama has held meetings over the past few days with both house and senate republicans. the briefing was about an hour. >> good afternoon, everyone. thank you for being here. thank you for your patience. it has been a long afternoon. make sure that before i came out, i could provide you with as much updated information as possible. i do not have an opening statement to make. in the interest of moving us along, i will astray to questions. [laughter] i can answer some of your questions. is the kind of information i hope to be responsive to your questions, at least in part. julie. >> can you tell us what the president and john boehner said in the phone call? >> yes. the president spoke with the speaker of the house this afternoon not long ago. they had a good conversation. the two of them agreed that all sites need to keep talking on the issues here that are confronting us that led to a totdown of the government put us on the precipice of a potential default or reaching that line where the government does not have borrowing authority. in president believes that his meetings
obama has held meetings over the past few days with both house and senate republicans. the briefing was about an hour. >> good afternoon, everyone. thank you for being here. thank you for your patience. it has been a long afternoon. make sure that before i came out, i could provide you with as much updated information as possible. i do not have an opening statement to make. in the interest of moving us along, i will astray to questions. [laughter] i can answer some of your questions. is...
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the obama administration's mpare to israelis building settlements yet criticizing israeli housing plans for east jerusalem. the obama administration's decision to eradicate the missile defense programs that would have helped israel as well as the united states. leaving prime minister netanyahu in 2010 for over an hour in the white house meeting room while president obama dined with his family and refused to take a picture with him was not a friendly gesture. secretary of state hillary clinton announced the obama administration planned to send 147 -- $147 million to the west bank and hamas-run gaza. president obama stated that all his, quote, friends in chicago were jewish, unquote, and says he was sometimes being accused of being a jewish puppet. the obama administration leaked to the "the washington post" of the time window in which israel would take out iran's nuclear program. the obama administration leaked to the media that israel was going to use the azerbaijan air space to take out iran's nuclear program. we placed immense pressure on israel not to defend itself without the united
the obama administration's mpare to israelis building settlements yet criticizing israeli housing plans for east jerusalem. the obama administration's decision to eradicate the missile defense programs that would have helped israel as well as the united states. leaving prime minister netanyahu in 2010 for over an hour in the white house meeting room while president obama dined with his family and refused to take a picture with him was not a friendly gesture. secretary of state hillary clinton...
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after the senate bill president obama came to the white house briefing room saying that he would sign the bill immediately once the house passes it. >> good evening, everybody. tonight republicans and democrats in congress have come together around an agreement that we will reopen the government and remove the threat of default from our economy. the senate has now voted to approve this agreement, and democrats in a row because in the house still have an important vote to take. want to thank the leaders of both parties for getting us to this point. once this agreement arrives on my desk i will sign it immediately, begin reopening our government immediately and we can begin to lift this cloud of uncertainty and unease from business and the american people all have more to say about this tomorrow. i have some thoughts about how we can afford and stay focused on the job at hand. there is lot of work ahead of us including a varney turn back the trust of the american people that has been lost to the last few weeks, and we can begin to do that by addressing the real issues that they care abo
after the senate bill president obama came to the white house briefing room saying that he would sign the bill immediately once the house passes it. >> good evening, everybody. tonight republicans and democrats in congress have come together around an agreement that we will reopen the government and remove the threat of default from our economy. the senate has now voted to approve this agreement, and democrats in a row because in the house still have an important vote to take. want to...
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again, we are live in the east room of the white house waiting for president obama's remarks on immigration, watching live coverage on c-span2. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> ladies and gentlemen, the president and vice president of the united states. [applause] >> thank you! thank you so much. everybody, have a seat, have a seat. [applause] >> thank you very much. well, please, have a seat, even. good morning. >> good morning. >> and welcome to the white house. [laughter] today i'm here with leaders from business, from labor, from faith communities who are united around one goal, finishing the job of fixing a broken immigration system. in this is not -- this is not just an idea whose time has come, this is an idea whose time has been around for years now. leaders like all of you have worked together with republicans and democrats in this town in good faith for years to try to get this done. and this is the moment when we should be able to finally get the job done. now, it's no secret that the american people haven't seen much out of washing
again, we are live in the east room of the white house waiting for president obama's remarks on immigration, watching live coverage on c-span2. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> ladies and gentlemen, the president and vice president of the united states. [applause] >> thank you! thank you so much. everybody, have a seat, have a seat. [applause] >> thank you very much. well, please, have a seat, even. good morning. >> good...
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journal peer co-later, live coverage of president obama's statement from the white house and house minority leader nancy pelosi's briefing. a 200 year old clock stops ticking and time stands still, an easy metaphor for the government shutdown. quacks we are standing a few feet away from the main entrance to the united states senate chamber in the north end of the capital. the clock behind me is the oldest clock in the united states capital. it was commissioned for the united states senate in 1815. a philadelphia clockmaker made it. >> there are reasons why the c- span video archives are so amazing. >> the video library is amazing and you can share programming any time. and go toc-span.org the video library to watch the newest video, go down to the most recent tab and press play. you can search the video library for specific topics or keywords or find a person. type in their name, hit search, and go to people. go to their bio page and scroll down to their appearances. you can also share what you are watching and make a clip. buttons or handle tools and add a title and description and share a
journal peer co-later, live coverage of president obama's statement from the white house and house minority leader nancy pelosi's briefing. a 200 year old clock stops ticking and time stands still, an easy metaphor for the government shutdown. quacks we are standing a few feet away from the main entrance to the united states senate chamber in the north end of the capital. the clock behind me is the oldest clock in the united states capital. it was commissioned for the united states senate in...
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white house or the administration as their go-to person. somebody that they can talk to. again, not because we love them and share their values, but in terms of effectively advancing our policy interests, that would be one recommendation of they want somebody that that they can talk to and listen to. and i think in some ways their public statements are a reflection of their own self-frustration with the ineffectiveness of their own strategy to advance their own goals. but also the sense of, well, maybe the u.s. doesn't like us anymore and the sense of uncertainty. and i would submit that's not a bad thing for u.s. policy. maybe a potential for leverage it's if it's exercised in some sort of way. but again, going back to this broader point that i don't think we know what we want writ large in the region. and i think this is a problem not only of the obama administration, but its predecessor because-a lot of confused, mixed messages there. so i think we're at a complicated point, but i don't see a major break coming, and i think it definitely
white house or the administration as their go-to person. somebody that they can talk to. again, not because we love them and share their values, but in terms of effectively advancing our policy interests, that would be one recommendation of they want somebody that that they can talk to and listen to. and i think in some ways their public statements are a reflection of their own self-frustration with the ineffectiveness of their own strategy to advance their own goals. but also the sense of,...
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a small group of house republicans will meet with president obama at the white house this afternoon. but ahead of that meeting the white house is also reacted to the idea of a temporary six-week increase in the debt ceiling. part of their statement reads, it is better for economic certainty for congress to take the threat of default off the table as long as possible, which is why we support senate democrats' efforts. >> harry reid, the majority leader, has brought that up on to the senate floor, a motion to proceed to that legislation, and that is being discussed on the senate floor with possible votes. possible vote on cloture on that proposal on saturday in the senate. here on c-span until noon eastern we'll continue to take your calls, reaction to what you're hearing from house republicans. here are the numbers. 202-585-3885 for republicans. democrats, it's 202-585-3886. independents and others, 202-585-3887. the house comes back at noon and they take up one bill today. that is the bill for border security. then again that small group of house republicans heading to the white hous
a small group of house republicans will meet with president obama at the white house this afternoon. but ahead of that meeting the white house is also reacted to the idea of a temporary six-week increase in the debt ceiling. part of their statement reads, it is better for economic certainty for congress to take the threat of default off the table as long as possible, which is why we support senate democrats' efforts. >> harry reid, the majority leader, has brought that up on to the senate...
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national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] >> president obama hosted senate democrats and house republican leaders at the white house late yours they knew -- afternoon to discuss the shutdown and a gop proposal for raising the debt ceiling. after the visit, majority leader harry reid spoke with reporters the whiteht -- at house. and there was reaction from house majority leader eric cantor. >> i introduced the president by telling my caucus how proud i was of them and how proud i was of the president for the strength and unity we have shown. after having completed an hour and 45 minutes with him today, i feel the same way. we are here. the government should be open now. we should be able to pay our debts. as we have said and will continue to say, if that happens, we will negotiate on anything. the president confirmed that today. >> [indiscernible] house has a unique form of legislating, hour by hour. i do not know what has happened in the 2 hours i have been gone. floated 2 been different proposals. let's wait and see what the house does. when t
national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] >> president obama hosted senate democrats and house republican leaders at the white house late yours they knew -- afternoon to discuss the shutdown and a gop proposal for raising the debt ceiling. after the visit, majority leader harry reid spoke with reporters the whiteht -- at house. and there was reaction from house majority leader eric cantor. >> i introduced the president by telling my...
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moved to the white house. democratsissue where and republicans had parted company's active the elite level and bed the left -- and then the level of average voters. the data international opinion surveys from pew. stood inwhere things 1987 in terms of a split between parties and where they stood in 2012. you can see environment as one of the issues where polarization had the, much more extreme -- become much more extreme , by the timeine this campaign was launched in the first two years of...
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white house or the administration has cir. 2%, somebody they can talk to. again, not because we love them and share values, but effectively advancing our policy interests would be one recommendation that they want somebody they can talk to and listen to. in some ways, public statement and the effectiveness of their strategies, but also the sense of maybe the u.s. doesn't like us anymore. i submit to you that is not a bad thing for u.s. policy. maybe a potential for leverage if exercised in some sort of play. going back to i don't think we know what we want to barge in the region. this is a problem of the predecessor because of confused mixed messages. i don't see a major break coming. it definitely needs to be managed. >> thanks, elliot. there's a lot to go on but those two statements. one of the things with the different problems with coming up in the saudi society and elliot spoke about this, too. but three of us agree it would be a good thing, a positive thing if the united states and american policymakers had an active role in helping to steer saudi soc
white house or the administration has cir. 2%, somebody they can talk to. again, not because we love them and share values, but effectively advancing our policy interests would be one recommendation that they want somebody they can talk to and listen to. in some ways, public statement and the effectiveness of their strategies, but also the sense of maybe the u.s. doesn't like us anymore. i submit to you that is not a bad thing for u.s. policy. maybe a potential for leverage if exercised in some...
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at the white house today, president obama will meet with the house gop leaders about the budget impasse one day after introducing his pick for the next chair of the federal reserve on wednesday. also wednesday at the pentagon, military leaders announce a new plan to ke
at the white house today, president obama will meet with the house gop leaders about the budget impasse one day after introducing his pick for the next chair of the federal reserve on wednesday. also wednesday at the pentagon, military leaders announce a new plan to ke
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president, if the obama -- if you're the obama white house, when you've lost john stewart, you know things are not going well. the problem don't end with the media or professional comedians. a democrat member of the house, who actually voted for this health care law, called the launch of the exchanges extriewsh aightly -- excruciatingly frustrating. robert gibz, th gibbs, the press former press secretary, said "i hope they fire some people who were in charge of making sure this thing was supposed to work." so the biggest cheerleaders for the president's health care law are now turning against it, the american people do not like it, people are not buying the administration's excuses for why it's failed. well, this is, of course, bad for the president but the american people have even bigger problems and that's what we should really be focused o. the white house is worried about how this looks from a p.r. standpoint but we should also be talking about the real harm that this health care law is doing for hardworking americans and their families and their jobs and their paychecks. many of them
president, if the obama -- if you're the obama white house, when you've lost john stewart, you know things are not going well. the problem don't end with the media or professional comedians. a democrat member of the house, who actually voted for this health care law, called the launch of the exchanges extriewsh aightly -- excruciatingly frustrating. robert gibz, th gibbs, the press former press secretary, said "i hope they fire some people who were in charge of making sure this thing was...
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that's why president obama reached out to house republicans, inviting them to the white house yesterday afternoon. guess what they say? we're too busy. we'll send a few of us but we're too busy. remember, the house is led by the same man who said he wanted to have a conversation but they were unwilling to have one with him. so i was disappointed to hear that the same intractable republican leaders who caused the current government shutdown were unwilling to even allow their members to meet with the president for a constructive conversation. again, i think they picked 17 out of the 232 they have. this great conversation is one, i guess they don't want. they want to talk, their actions tell another story. they've caused enough economic turmoil with the reckless shutdown of the federal government. and now if that's not enough, now we have the debt ceiling coming in about a week. the republican forced default on the nation's debt. it would be magnitudes worse than the damage they have already caused our great country with this senseless created government shutdown. yesterday fidelity, the n
that's why president obama reached out to house republicans, inviting them to the white house yesterday afternoon. guess what they say? we're too busy. we'll send a few of us but we're too busy. remember, the house is led by the same man who said he wanted to have a conversation but they were unwilling to have one with him. so i was disappointed to hear that the same intractable republican leaders who caused the current government shutdown were unwilling to even allow their members to meet with...
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and house budget committee chairman paul ryan are interviewed at the wall street journal ceo conference. panelists talk about the global economic outlook. >> wednesday, the senate small business committee examines federal health exchanges for small businesses. this hearing comes ahead of the planned health care exchange rollout for small businesses in states with their own exchanges. see it live starting at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span 3. later, a look at national security issues related to the federal workforce. it is the first in a series of hearings by the senate homeland security committee as it investigates who gets access to classified information. that is live at 2:00 p.m. eastern, also on c-span 3. >> today marks the 150th anniversary of president lincoln's gettysburg address. look for our coverage from soldiers national cemetery including the keynote address from civil war historian james mcpherson next week, thanksgiving day at 4:00 and 10:00 p.m. eastern on c-span 3's american history tv. hoyer said steny there was a lack of progress in the budget negotiations between the hou
and house budget committee chairman paul ryan are interviewed at the wall street journal ceo conference. panelists talk about the global economic outlook. >> wednesday, the senate small business committee examines federal health exchanges for small businesses. this hearing comes ahead of the planned health care exchange rollout for small businesses in states with their own exchanges. see it live starting at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span 3. later, a look at national security issues related...
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>> we will leave this discussion to go live to the white house for president obama. he will be making remarks on world aids day. >> ladies and gentlemen, on appreciatee, i valerie's remarks and want to make sure that you all did have a copy of our report. this is the white house report. the president has been briefed on it. it is a very important document, full of data, full of the information that valerie went over very briefly. strategy that the the president released three years ago, an update on how far we have come in terms of focusing on the evidence and concentrating resources. the epidemic is most concentrated -- both in cop -- and populations and geographically. treatment ishat prevention. people who go on treatment are 96% less likely to transmit hiv to others. early treatment is critical. early treatment prevents long- term complications. now, in the united states, treatment is recommended for all people living with hiv, regardless of the immune status. we think that over the 30 years, how far we have come. it is my pleasure to introduce the president of t
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emily pierce said president obama dismissed the house gop posner was idea of creating a supercommittee. president obama held a news conference at the capitol. his message to republicans was, pass a clean cr. here is some of what he had to say. >> there comes a point in which if the treasury cannot hold auctions to sell treasury bills, we do not have enough money coming in to pay all our bills on time. it is very straightforward. and i know there has been some discussion, for example, about my powers under the 14th amendment to go ahead and ignore the debt ceiling law. setting aside the legal analysis, what matters is, if you start having a situation in controversyis legal about the u.s. treasury's authority to issue debt, the damage will have been done, even if that were constitutional, because people would not be sure. it would be tied up in litigation for a long time. that is going to make people nervous. a lot of the strategies people have talked about -- the president can roll out a big coin, or he can resort to some other constitutional measure -- what people ignore is that whatat
emily pierce said president obama dismissed the house gop posner was idea of creating a supercommittee. president obama held a news conference at the capitol. his message to republicans was, pass a clean cr. here is some of what he had to say. >> there comes a point in which if the treasury cannot hold auctions to sell treasury bills, we do not have enough money coming in to pay all our bills on time. it is very straightforward. and i know there has been some discussion, for example,...
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host: jim nussle, former chair of the house budget committee, former directo >> president obama held a news conference earlier today at the white house in advance of he and his family going to hawaii. we will show you the entire news conference at 8:00 p.m. eastern time here on c-span. at today's briefing, the president was asked if this was his worst year. here is his response. >> despite all the data points you cited in your opening statement, when you look back on this year, the domestic agenda you outline health-care rollout obviously has huge problems. has this been the worst year of your presidency when you take this altogether? >> i have to tell you really, that's not how i think about it. i have now been in office five years -- close to five years. i was running for president to two years before that. for those of you who covered me during that time, we have had ups, and we have had downs. i think this room has probably recorded at least 15 near-death experiences. what i have been focused on each and every day is -- are we moving the ball from helping the american people fami
host: jim nussle, former chair of the house budget committee, former directo >> president obama held a news conference earlier today at the white house in advance of he and his family going to hawaii. we will show you the entire news conference at 8:00 p.m. eastern time here on c-span. at today's briefing, the president was asked if this was his worst year. here is his response. >> despite all the data points you cited in your opening statement, when you look back on this year, the...
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over the next hour here on c- span, we will bring you more comments from president obama adhere house and senate debates on the immigration issue. and a conversation with alan gomez. he has been reporting for usa today. yearu wrote earlier this about of eight. is it fair to say it it took the lead legislative this year? >> absolutely. right after the election that the senate came together and decided they wanted to tackle the issue. mitt romney got a 27% of the hispanic vote, you saw a lot of republican senators get together and forming this coalition and a couple people drive in it came out. eight senatorsng that took the lead. >> it seem to have a lot of energy early on. what happened throughout the year? >> they ran through it. in this climate we are seeing an congress, very difficult to get anything through, they had a regular committee hearings and vote and pass the immigration bill on the senate floor. something will not see too much of. that is when things stalled. ofthey seem to have a lot going in their favor. you mentioned the president and his desire to see immigration chan
over the next hour here on c- span, we will bring you more comments from president obama adhere house and senate debates on the immigration issue. and a conversation with alan gomez. he has been reporting for usa today. yearu wrote earlier this about of eight. is it fair to say it it took the lead legislative this year? >> absolutely. right after the election that the senate came together and decided they wanted to tackle the issue. mitt romney got a 27% of the hispanic vote, you saw a...
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[inaudible conversations] this weekend on c-span the white house 1202016 president obama announced thursday because of the new health care law. house speaker john boehner reacting to the announcement saying the "has absolutely no credibility on his promise. true to form it appears it's little more than a political response designed to shift blame rather than solve the problem. here are some of president obama's remarks. from their insurers they may be losing the plans often because they no longer meet the requirements to cover particularly after insurance assurances they heard from me if they had a plan they liked they could keep it. an to those americans, i hear you loud and clear. i said that i will do everything we can to fix this problem. today i'm offering an idea that will help do it. already, people who have plans that predate the affordable care act can keep those plans if they haven't changed. that was already in the law. that's what is called a grandfather clause included the law. today we extend the principle both to people whose plans have changed since the law took effect and p
[inaudible conversations] this weekend on c-span the white house 1202016 president obama announced thursday because of the new health care law. house speaker john boehner reacting to the announcement saying the "has absolutely no credibility on his promise. true to form it appears it's little more than a political response designed to shift blame rather than solve the problem. here are some of president obama's remarks. from their insurers they may be losing the plans often because they no...
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on wednesday president obama hosted the white house tribal nations conference at the interior department. conference includes leaders from the 566 federally recognized tribes to meet with the president and members of the white house council on native american affairs. each federally recognized tribe has been invited to send one representative to the conference. cabinet secretaries speak about their department goals in advancing the well-being of those living in tribal communities. >> good morning, everyone. secretary-general, thank you for your leadership of the white house affairs council but more importantly, sally thank you for inviting me to the city today. i am honored to be here. i don't think that the senator is here yet, but he would like to express appreciation for the leadership of the senate committee on indian affairs when he had that post. i know there are probably other distinguished members of the congress president and greetings to you as well. brian, the president of the national congress of american indians, other distinguished guests and among them i include our doctor
on wednesday president obama hosted the white house tribal nations conference at the interior department. conference includes leaders from the 566 federally recognized tribes to meet with the president and members of the white house council on native american affairs. each federally recognized tribe has been invited to send one representative to the conference. cabinet secretaries speak about their department goals in advancing the well-being of those living in tribal communities. >> good...
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photos of obama taken by the white house press photographer when all other photographers are banned from white house activities. of administration produced videos and even a photo newscast one of my favorites called -- above activities closed close to journalists and the white house gets news coverage of the same events. ubiquitous post by obama aides on blogs twitter facebook and other social media to promote the administration's views. frank sesno the former cnn reporter and now director of the school of public media public affairs at gw university told me the administration uses social media to and news media can put it. open dialogue with the public is good but if used for propaganda purposes to employ contracting journalist it's a slippery slope. the fourth issue is the excessive classification of government information. part of the problem reporters have is they call someone up to ask them a routine question expecting a routine answer and it turns out that information is classified even though there's no good reason for. upon administration has taken credit for declassifying and po
photos of obama taken by the white house press photographer when all other photographers are banned from white house activities. of administration produced videos and even a photo newscast one of my favorites called -- above activities closed close to journalists and the white house gets news coverage of the same events. ubiquitous post by obama aides on blogs twitter facebook and other social media to promote the administration's views. frank sesno the former cnn reporter and now director of...
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house, quite a when president obama labeled it the most transparent in history. i've also noted from some here in the house that immigration will be a top priority for 2014. i would not have a problem with immigration being a top priority the administration would first enforce the laws that are in effect regarding this nation's security and its immigration laws. we had a hearing today in judiciary, heard testimony about the administration through its customs and immigration office i.c.e., migration, office that actually they're not complying with the law. the law says if somebody claims asylum, then they're detained until such time that they have the matter ultimately adjudicated. and we learned that actually about 75% of those claiming sylum, which is -- has grown multiples of times from where they were in 2008 when president bush left, dramatic, dramatic increase in the numbers of people coming across our southern border and claiming asylum and apparently this administration is releasing about 75% of them and was quite sad to hear testimony that even ough they'
house, quite a when president obama labeled it the most transparent in history. i've also noted from some here in the house that immigration will be a top priority for 2014. i would not have a problem with immigration being a top priority the administration would first enforce the laws that are in effect regarding this nation's security and its immigration laws. we had a hearing today in judiciary, heard testimony about the administration through its customs and immigration office i.c.e.,...
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president obama accepted the republican house number. house democrats accepted the republican house number. the only people who are not accepting the republican house number are the republican house leadership. and there are enough members in their party who want to vote for a clean c.r. at that measure to open government at that number. we have given them 200 names on a piece of paper, who don't believe that that number is good enough, but in order to open governments, you're willing to do it. what they're doing now, moving goal posts and changing views and taking back their commitments is a luxury our country cannot afford. yes, yes, the short-term c.r. -- they're two different things. they're two different things. the short-term c.r., we're willing to agree to, because the number is not sufficient as their chairman of the appropriations committee has said. that number is not sufficient to conduct numbers. that's one of steny's favorite quotes. perhaps you'd like to make that one. that's a different story. a short-term debt limit, as i
president obama accepted the republican house number. house democrats accepted the republican house number. the only people who are not accepting the republican house number are the republican house leadership. and there are enough members in their party who want to vote for a clean c.r. at that measure to open government at that number. we have given them 200 names on a piece of paper, who don't believe that that number is good enough, but in order to open governments, you're willing to do it....
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when president obama took office in 2009, the housing market was in freefall. home prices have fallen nearly 20% from the year before. the largest one-year drop ever measured. roughly 3 million borrowers were seriously delinquent, construction projects and plans came to a halt, causing the industry to lose 100,000 jobs a month. across the board, we saw dramatic declines. of course, these drops represented more than shipping spreadsheet.s on a they represented people's lives, savings, and struggles. and i tookesident office, we set in place a number of priorities which still guide us today. one, to provide immediate assistance to those in need. two, to work with public and private sector partners to strengthen the housing market and help fuel an overall economic recovery. three, to ensure a crisis of this magnitude never happens again. the firstrt with goal, providing immediate assistance to those in need. spoke at your annual conference in 2011, i told you about a number of initiatives we had undertaken with your partnership to help families and heal the market
when president obama took office in 2009, the housing market was in freefall. home prices have fallen nearly 20% from the year before. the largest one-year drop ever measured. roughly 3 million borrowers were seriously delinquent, construction projects and plans came to a halt, causing the industry to lose 100,000 jobs a month. across the board, we saw dramatic declines. of course, these drops represented more than shipping spreadsheet.s on a they represented people's lives, savings, and...
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tweeted: 200 years of popular culture this the white house." with a title like that, you might expect that the book is a parade of ton and entertaining stories about presidents' idiosyncratic tastes in reading, theater, music, sports, movies,
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signed, barack obama, the white house, december 10 -- december 9, 2013. the speaker pro tempore: referred to the committee on ways and means and ordered printed. for what purpose does the gentleman from north carolina seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent that when the house adjourns today it adjourn to meet at noon tomorrow for morning hour debate and 2:00 p.m. for legislative business. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. for what purpose does the gentleman from north carolina eek recognition? does the gentleman have a motion to adjourn. >> yes, mr. speaker, i do move that the house adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the motion to adjourn. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the motion is adopted. accordingly the house stands centralis really the circulatory system of the economy. arteries veins and that really connect what is now the information economy in the united states. we are seeing the networks increase at a rate of 40% per year. they connect all the communication whether they
signed, barack obama, the white house, december 10 -- december 9, 2013. the speaker pro tempore: referred to the committee on ways and means and ordered printed. for what purpose does the gentleman from north carolina seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent that when the house adjourns today it adjourn to meet at noon tomorrow for morning hour debate and 2:00 p.m. for legislative business. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. for what purpose does the gentleman...
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president obama will focus on the benefits of a white house event to date by americans for the white house they have benefited from the overhaul the president will try to remind americans that the health care law is preventing insurance discrimination against those with pre-existing conditions and allowing young people to stay on their parents coverage until age 26. we will cover the events at the white house line starting 2:30 eastern on c-span three. >>> as you walk in there are tables out front with lots of pamphlets not prior to entering the gun show into the pamphlets or how the government is trying to take away the right of guns and governments doing this and obama doing that and obamacare is terrible. so, those were the kind i wanted to talk to because they had the ideas. so i said to them, you know, like who are you? i said well actually, i am an academic. i'm a researcher and i'm doing research on the organizations, these ideas. and actually then who believes this stuff. they would look at me and say sort of asking questions and i just said look, here's where i am. i don't g
president obama will focus on the benefits of a white house event to date by americans for the white house they have benefited from the overhaul the president will try to remind americans that the health care law is preventing insurance discrimination against those with pre-existing conditions and allowing young people to stay on their parents coverage until age 26. we will cover the events at the white house line starting 2:30 eastern on c-span three. >>> as you walk in there are...
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budget in a white house meeting with the house democratic conference. ms. holmes norton argued for senate democrats and president obama to pass and sign a bill she row moted with republicans -- she promoted with republicans. mr. speaker, the gentlelady from the district of columbia is correct. it is long past time for the senate leader to take up h.j.res. 71 and all the other bipartisan target appropriation bills that have been passed out of the house. by rolling the 11 house-passed bills into one, more than half of the partial government shutdown would be over. the american people deserve as much. thank you, mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina eek recognition? without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. clyburn: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, one of the great pleasures that i have had serving in this august body is the people with whom i've interacted over the years. and one such
budget in a white house meeting with the house democratic conference. ms. holmes norton argued for senate democrats and president obama to pass and sign a bill she row moted with republicans -- she promoted with republicans. mr. speaker, the gentlelady from the district of columbia is correct. it is long past time for the senate leader to take up h.j.res. 71 and all the other bipartisan target appropriation bills that have been passed out of the house. by rolling the 11 house-passed bills into...
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had an interesting visit to the white house and president obama. i appeared as his guest on the official visit. i went out oai and sphoact general asemibelie there and the ambassadors in earlier guests that they had invited by then went to speak with the head of the democratic party of the house nancy pelosi, and a few of the members of the house of the democratic party. then i went to speak with speaker boehner and a few of the republicans in the house. with whom i've been working for many years. not only as president but also as former minister. now i'm here. and last night i had a dinner with the center for american progress. members of that think tank. and i'm having dinner tonight with the counsel they invited me to address them. what has been the main messages trying to convey to the u.s. officials and the u.s. public first thank the u.s. government in both parties for the help they have given us since we started collaborating with colombia. i was telling them yesterday that the president of university of miami see how things have changed in
had an interesting visit to the white house and president obama. i appeared as his guest on the official visit. i went out oai and sphoact general asemibelie there and the ambassadors in earlier guests that they had invited by then went to speak with the head of the democratic party of the house nancy pelosi, and a few of the members of the house of the democratic party. then i went to speak with speaker boehner and a few of the republicans in the house. with whom i've been working for many...
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senator reid and president obama have taken their wisdom and put it in place. it is a dark day for the united states when something like that >>pens in the senate. terrance, is it fair for a president to ask whether president obama or george w. us resident, to ask how slow is too slow? you said to slow things down and the senate is famously been called the cooling saucer. at what point does it get to slow? the democrats are making a case that they were saying it is gridlock in the senate. >> there are formulas. if you want to invoke the filibuster to come to the floor and continued to fight for what you believe in until the cows come home. override president is a dangerous procedure and the concern is when republicans get into office, they may decide if the majority vote, they could extend his rule beyond just the judges. that is the danger. i am sure the senator is turning over in his grade -- grave. >> terrance mentioned judges. there is a headline about ted cruz, a, teammate about the vote today. packid democrats want to the court with judges to protect obam
senator reid and president obama have taken their wisdom and put it in place. it is a dark day for the united states when something like that >>pens in the senate. terrance, is it fair for a president to ask whether president obama or george w. us resident, to ask how slow is too slow? you said to slow things down and the senate is famously been called the cooling saucer. at what point does it get to slow? the democrats are making a case that they were saying it is gridlock in the senate....
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we will hear from president obama, former president clinton, and democratic leader nancy pelosi. what's the service beginning at eight: 30 5 p.m. at c-span. 8:35 at c-span. >> this painting was originally painted as my grandmother's white house portrait. in the 1960s, lady bird johnson went looking for portraits of first ladies to rehang in the white house. she thought that was important. she looked high and low and could not find my grandmother's official portrait. she called my grandmother and asked if she knew where the painting was. she said, yes, it is on my wall. you reallyn said should not have it, it belongs in the white house. is myndma said, no, it painting and that is where it is going to stay. eventually, she gave up. >> watch the program on pest truman truman on-- on bess our website or on monday. and we continue the series with many eisenhower. >> defense secretary chuck hagel spoke thursday at the anti- defamation league centennial meeting in new york city. he talked about the benefits to same-sex couples in the national guard and has remarks for -- were followed b
we will hear from president obama, former president clinton, and democratic leader nancy pelosi. what's the service beginning at eight: 30 5 p.m. at c-span. 8:35 at c-span. >> this painting was originally painted as my grandmother's white house portrait. in the 1960s, lady bird johnson went looking for portraits of first ladies to rehang in the white house. she thought that was important. she looked high and low and could not find my grandmother's official portrait. she called my...
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. >>> the house panel look at president obama's use of executive power and making change to the health care law. constitutional scholars will testify. live coverage from the house judiciary tomorrow morning at 10:00 a.m. eastern. >>> and later in the day, a house subcommittee on global health will hear about the u.s. response to typhoon that hit the philippines in november. that's live at 3:00 p.m. eastern also on c-span2. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] good afternoon, everyone. i'm going go ahead and get started. how are you doing this afternoon? i'm director of education policy studies here at the american enterprise institute. happy to welcome all of do you join us today for this promising and, i think, intriguing conversation with connecticut governor. i'm delighted to have you with us and those of you watching at home either via live stream or on c-span2. the #for the event is #ct ed reform. fill free to follow along. we're going for an hour until 2:30. format will be straightforward. first governor malloy of connecticut has been kind enough to agree to share
. >>> the house panel look at president obama's use of executive power and making change to the health care law. constitutional scholars will testify. live coverage from the house judiciary tomorrow morning at 10:00 a.m. eastern. >>> and later in the day, a house subcommittee on global health will hear about the u.s. response to typhoon that hit the philippines in november. that's live at 3:00 p.m. eastern also on c-span2. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations]...
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today president obama spoke at the white house about the problems with the web site. he said there was no excuse for the computer problems that have been happening on the healthcare.gov web site but he is confident the administration would be able to fix the problems. here is some old what he had to say. >> i recognize the republican party has made blocking the affordable could care act of signature policy idea. sometimes it seems to be the one thing that unifies the party these days. in fact they were willing to shut down the government and potentially harm the global economy to try to get it repealed. i am sure the problems with the web site so far are going to be looking to go after it even harder. and let's admit it, with the web site not work as well as it needs to work, that makes a lot of supporters nervous because they know how it has been subject to so much attack. the affordable care act generally. but i just want to remind everybody we did not wage this long and contentious battle just around a web site. that is not what this was about. [applause] we wage t
today president obama spoke at the white house about the problems with the web site. he said there was no excuse for the computer problems that have been happening on the healthcare.gov web site but he is confident the administration would be able to fix the problems. here is some old what he had to say. >> i recognize the republican party has made blocking the affordable could care act of signature policy idea. sometimes it seems to be the one thing that unifies the party these days. in...
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. >> house democrats met with president obama. because of technical problems, we missed a short portion of this 12 minute reefing. >> good evening. we just had a very positive meeting with the president of the united states. we expressed our appreciation to each other for standing strong for the american people, to open government and to honor the full faith and credit of the united states of america. >> i want to say that the president emphasized over and over again what we also share and that is, he is willing to talk about all of the issues that our republican colleagues want to talk about and try to come to agreement but he's simply saying, we can talk while the government is open. the government doesn't need to be shut for us to talk. and we can talk while we make sure that the goth pays its bills. i think the american public agrees with that and we agree with the president on that issue. mr. clyburn? >> well, i think, i can't add any more to that. this was a great meeting, very positive, very upbeat, our members were very, v
. >> house democrats met with president obama. because of technical problems, we missed a short portion of this 12 minute reefing. >> good evening. we just had a very positive meeting with the president of the united states. we expressed our appreciation to each other for standing strong for the american people, to open government and to honor the full faith and credit of the united states of america. >> i want to say that the president emphasized over and over again what we...
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i will leave that to the white house. the germans have characterized that in one fashion and i am not sure the white house would agree with that. but what is important is that there has been communication several times between president obama and president rousseff about this and there will be communication about this in the future that addresses that specific issue. and so i think that given the circumstances, we are probably in as good a position we can be in terms of how we do our engagement in our country to country engagement. in terms of unexpected actions,, this was race briefly in a "go minutes -- "60 minutes" piece on the nsa. i think it is clear what the white house as said, but especially what the department of justice has said, that you should not expect an unexpected jester -- gesture. >> let me collect a few questions because we are coming to an end. we have two and then that is it. >> mr. ambassador, hi. i have served twice in brazil with u.s. aid. you talk about bilateral cooperation and talk about trileve
i will leave that to the white house. the germans have characterized that in one fashion and i am not sure the white house would agree with that. but what is important is that there has been communication several times between president obama and president rousseff about this and there will be communication about this in the future that addresses that specific issue. and so i think that given the circumstances, we are probably in as good a position we can be in terms of how we do our engagement...
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white house official says obama and senior aides will meet with ceos to discuss helping people enroll in new plans and will talk about ways to minimize any disruptions as consumers switch to new mans. the official was not authorized to speak publicly in advance about the meeting and spoke on condition of anonymity, that coming from the associated press. while this vote is underway and while we wait for the committee to reconvene, we will show you a portion of this morning's "washington journal," the affordable health care act and the changes were a topic of this morning's discussion. >> host: now joining us is representative andy harris, a republican of maryland, also a medical doctor. representative harris, how are you going to vote today on the fred upton bill, keep your health plan? >> guest: oh, i'll vote for the bill. the bill actually puts statutory language behind what the president did yesterday. even more importantly, in order to incentivize the insurance companies to actually rate those plans, it actually opens them up to other people. besides the people who have them, it op
white house official says obama and senior aides will meet with ceos to discuss helping people enroll in new plans and will talk about ways to minimize any disruptions as consumers switch to new mans. the official was not authorized to speak publicly in advance about the meeting and spoke on condition of anonymity, that coming from the associated press. while this vote is underway and while we wait for the committee to reconvene, we will show you a portion of this morning's "washington...
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we had a very bad election in november, if you were the obama white house or democrats. after that, we have been in a very tough situation. yet, we had -- i had been privileged to be part of working out of a compromised deal in the lame duck that probably didn't make anybody entirely happy. didn't make us or any democrats happy because we extended some of the tax relief at the top. we did it in a context where we extended long term unemployment, middle class tax relief and a payroll tax cut. we surprised market and growth lifted up a half percent almost everywhere. the beginning of 2011, we are looking at three percent growth. i understand things happened right after that, i barely remembered where the bathroom was when you had both the developments in the mideast raising gas prices. you had the unprecedented natural disaster in japan that had a much deeper and more harmful effect on the global economy and the global supply chain than anyone expected. those are the things you can't prevent. those are the external factors even the european financial difficulties that you
we had a very bad election in november, if you were the obama white house or democrats. after that, we have been in a very tough situation. yet, we had -- i had been privileged to be part of working out of a compromised deal in the lame duck that probably didn't make anybody entirely happy. didn't make us or any democrats happy because we extended some of the tax relief at the top. we did it in a context where we extended long term unemployment, middle class tax relief and a payroll tax cut. we...
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as a basket of bills passed by the house of representatives that would end the obama war on coal. however, bills are stonewalled by the edmonds duration. in closing, i simply observe the president speaks a lot about the justice of hope and promise. i would use the hearings to ask where is the hope in judgment for a coal mining plants? this to other careers available. this president is condemned to poverty and despair. i asked a judge to an less important than others. right away matter to you, mr. president? >> the gentleman's time is expired to going to see how fast we can get the witnesses. we have 11 minutes left to get to the vote. mr. weiss. spinet thank you, chairman murphy, ranking member to get. thanks for the opportunity to testify on this important topic at the center for american progress has great respect for the sacrifices coalminer some families have made to this nation. it takes working underground with explosions and fires a law preventing toxic pollution. minor my sentiments have made genuine sacrifices undeserved resolutions to the economic challenges that yesterd
as a basket of bills passed by the house of representatives that would end the obama war on coal. however, bills are stonewalled by the edmonds duration. in closing, i simply observe the president speaks a lot about the justice of hope and promise. i would use the hearings to ask where is the hope in judgment for a coal mining plants? this to other careers available. this president is condemned to poverty and despair. i asked a judge to an less important than others. right away matter to you,...